Preserving gasket



Patented Get. 4, 1927.

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. .Appiioation fiiafiiovembervfigisas'.. seri-arno. sa'59-#v `1 Y Thef'invention f relates to` improvements in gaskets forv sealing preserving containers' and` caps.:

The principal objects Aof the' invention are first, to provide an improved longitudinally elastic gasket which, whenstretched, attenuated and sprung to its seat, will adjust' for surface Contact over angularly d-isposed zones on both cap and container; second, toV

provide a double seal positioned on angularly disposed surfaces to prevent injury to the seal resulting from slippage vcausedby ageing and expansion of the gasket material; third, to reduce' the amount of rubber required and the cost of' gaskets. Y

For the purpose of disclosure, a simple form of the invention is herein described and illustrated in the accompanying draw- Fig. 1 is a view and section on. the line 1-1, Fig. 2, of ya preserving cap, gasket, container. and other parts hereinafter described. Y

' Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1,V

of the same. Y

Fig. 3 is a section and view von the line 3 3, Fig. 2, of the saine. Y p

Fig. 4 is a view of an endless band-like gasket having an Lshaped cross section, and capable of being stretched and attenuated. Fig. y5 is a section on the line 5-5, Fig. l, of the saine. The preserving cap 6 (Figs. 1, 2 and) is provided with angularly disposedsurfaces 11 and 12 intersecting at approxi` mately right angles. Zones contiguous to the intersection vof these surfaces comprise a seat for thel gasket 7 (Figs. 4; and 5) which is made of a strip'of rubber, ofV substantially L shaped cross section and having edgesof equal length, the extremities being joined to form an endless band.

The length of the gasket is made considerably less than the perimeter of its seat, so that when it is stretched, attenuated and sprung in place on thecap, the angularly disposed surfaces 16 and 17 (Fig.5)= are drawn into surface contact, by the tensionY produced in the gasket, over the aforesaid' zones of the cap, and the outer surfaces 18 and19 (Figs. lV and 5) likewise adjust forv surface contact ov-er angularly disposed zones of the container. Y j

The foregoing discloses the principalrfea tures of the invention and the following shows parts involving these features in ces Y angula-rly 6 is the cap, the cap to the container 9, and 10i's an'. operating wrench or key.

The cap is provided Awith gasket seat formed by the angularly Adisposed members Y 11 and 12. Circumf-erential clampingedges beginning at lowl points 13 gradually'rise to high points 14. A slight overhang 15' extending over the rim ofthe container facilitates prying the cap for removal. When the gasket is stretched and sprung in place, parts 16 and 17.mate with angularly disposed surfaces onthe cap, and parts 18 and 19 are thereby adjusted for mating with disposed surfaces yonfthe containerp n Y The tie may consist of 'a single piece of wire having its ends formed into hooks20 'n which are adapted to fit theinclined ridges of the capaforesaid.

a The intervening length of the tie conformsto the shape of the containerI as at 21 and to the concavity of the kbottom as at 22. The wire is flattenedv as shown at 23 for upright Vsetting of the container, and- `the hooks spring apart normally to thek positionas vshown at `2a, but are easily Vpressed inwardly as lshown for engagement with the ridges.VV

The key consists of a handle 25 and a j holder 26 adapted to engage the buttons 27 of the cap and to hold the latter while'v the turner 28,. with the handle 29, is Vmade to engage the hooks of theY tie and to cause themr to travel up vrthe inclined ridges ofthe cap, thereby sealing the cap and container.

It is frequently desired in preserving to have the container cap temporarily non-airtight, yet with the `cap in place. The desired vcondition may be obtained by turning the aforesaid hooks to a point, the position vof which has lbeen predetermined, conven-fL ientlyas indicated by an arrow 4fsuch as shown atBO and permanent-ly *moulded*4 in the glasscap. i

I claim and Patent: u 1. A closure; having a gasket seat comdesire to protect Letters.`

prising two angularly disposed parts in com- 1 p bination 'with l an elastic gasket stretched` originally before use as a flatlayer upon both ofthe angularly disposed parts and de fining on said seat two elastic Walls'at. an

angle to each other, Vsaid gasket normally,

Vwhen'.Lu'liap lied to s aidvseat, having-'a pe- Y jriplie di erin in shape from the 'peripluv Igel', Seat, vsaid gasket Ibelng 4. held in'origmal engagementgwith` the said,V

` 5' angularlydisposed parts bythe tendency `ofV i' f An elastic ery -o the gas 'the-s'tretchedgasket to.contractl uponV the 3.YV An eliastio l asket fora rclosure Compris-1 ,y v

ing a closed str1p of elastic materialwhoh i1 1 its normal state comprises tWo substan# tially parallell members which arejoined at their ends to form'thev Closed strip, the said strip ,being formedV of two Walls 'intersecting each other at. an angle.l f

4, An Velastic gasket for sealing peripheral Walls at an angleto'each other. n

' i YARTHUR YANCEY.

a conf ltailler comprising an'ellpipcally .shaped felastic strip',V lsaid strip' having 

